The claim by Edward Glaeser and others that cities make us greener has been verified for the Netherlands, based on empirical data available on a detailed level. When considering ‘greener’ to mean…
Trends in global CO2 and total greenhouse gas emissions: Summary of the 2017 report
CO 2 emissions and total global greenhouse gas emissions are reported for 2016, based on the latest update of the EDGAR v4.3.2 database, using statistics, where available, up to and including 2016…
Evaluation Manure and Fertilisers Act 2016: Synthesis Report
At least once every 5 years Dutch Parliament receives a report about the efficiency and the effects of the Manure and Fertilisers Act. In the report it is concluded that the manure policy has not…
The Land-Water-Energy Nexus - Biophysical and Economic Consequences
This report presents the first comprehensive assessment of the global consequences of the land-water-energy nexus in the coming decades. It provides a global outlook to 2060 for the major impacts of…
Actors, Decision-Making, and Institutions in Quantitative System Modelling
Increasing the realism with respect to the representation of actors, decision-making, and institutions is critical to better understand the transition towards a low-carbon sustainable society since…
High-resolution assessment of global technical and economic hydropower potential
Hydropower is the most important renewable energy source to date, providing over 72% of all renewable electricity globally. Yet, only limited information is available on the global potential supply of…
Nested archetypes of vulnerability in African drylands: where lies potential for sustainable agricultural intensification?
Defining archetypes can help to better understand vulnerability of farming systems. Insights into the nestedness of these archetypes allowed a more differentiated discussion of vulnerability and…
A picture is worth a thousand words: visualising the SDG challenges
Over the last few decades, people have become increasingly aware of the global and systemic nature of many of our environmental problems today. This is recognized in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable…
Per-capita estimations of long-term historical land use and the consequences for global change research
Changes in land use and land cover are important in global climate change, but the many uncertainties in historical estimates seriously hamper climate modelling. We collected new data on estimated per…
Micronutrients for agricultural intensification – Is Sub-Saharan Africa at risk?
There are no substitutes for micronutrients which are indispensable for plant growth and the human diet; nevertheless low concentrations of these elements in African soils are looming and a cause for…